Market Farming

[Paul Bransky <broadcaster AT mwt.net>]

> Secondly, has anyone any experience of using the Fiskars digging 
> fork being sold by Lehman's?
> <www.Lehmans.com//shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=5937&itemTyp 
> e=PRODUCT&iMainCat=923&iSubCat=923&iProductID=5937>
> $29.95, tough, steel handle, oversize grip and stepping plate.
>
>         Pam Dawling, Louisa, VA, zone 6b


We bought one of the Fiskars forks at our local hardware store for 
$20. It is very sturdy and comfortable, with forged fork, steel 
shaft, and plastic handle wide enough for two hands. For popping 
garlic we have put in a lot of heavy use on nice forged forks with 
elegant split-wood handles, made in England and costing three times 
the price. After several years some of the wooden shafts have 
snapped, perhaps because we leave them out poked in the ground to 
mark where we stopped. I expect that over time the Fiskars' steel 
shaft will tolerate our casual maintenance habits better than the 
wooden ones do.

Paul Bransky
Liz and Paul's Farm
Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin

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